Rural poverty rate is the percentage of the rural population living below the national rural poverty line. Source: Global Poverty Working Group. Data are based on World Bank's country poverty assessments and country Poverty Reduction Strategies. ...Ghana

Urban poverty rate is the percentage of the urban population living below the national urban poverty line. Source: Global Poverty Working Group. Data are based on World Bank's country poverty assessments and country Poverty Reduction Strategies. ...Ghana

Rural poverty rate is the percentage of the rural population living below the national rural poverty line. Source: Global Poverty Working Group. Data are based on World Bank's country poverty assessments and country Poverty Reduction Strategies. ...Ghana

Urban poverty rate is the percentage of the urban population living below the national urban poverty line. Source: Global Poverty Working Group. Data are based on World Bank's country poverty assessments and country Poverty Reduction Strategies. ...Ghana

Poverty gap is the mean shortfall from the poverty line (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence. Source: World Bank, Development ...Ghana

Poverty gap is the mean shortfall from the poverty line (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence. Source: World Bank, Development ...Ghana

of per capita GDP growth) as in Scenario 3, Figure 15, the remaining $1.25 poverty headcount ... growth rates, 2 out of 7 Africans would still be living in poverty ... the reduction of poverty in Africa. Despite the continent’s growth turnaround over the last